A $333 Million Campaign Kills California’s Billionaire Tax Before It Ever Takes Effect
More than $333 million poured into defeating a California ballot measure targeting the state’s wealthiest residents, and on Tuesday night, that spending paid off decisively. Decision Desk HQ projected that California voters rejected Proposition 40, with 54 percent voting against the measure and 46 percent in favor, based on 76 percent of ballots counted as…
Facing Long Odds, Johnson Pushes To Stall Senate GOP Leadership Vote After Midterm Losses
A push to delay Senate Republicans’ leadership election is gaining just enough procedural traction to create noise, even as insiders say it almost certainly won’t succeed. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has collected the five colleague signatures required under conference rules to formally request a Republican conference meeting on the question of postponing Tuesday’s scheduled leadership…
Senate Conservative Anger Over Democratic Midterm Rout Fuels Push To Postpone GOP Leadership Vote
A bruising Election Day defeat for Senate Republicans has ignited an internal fight over whether the party is moving too fast to lock in its leadership team. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is driving the effort, gathering signatures on a letter demanding a full Republican conference meeting before any leadership elections take place. Johnson has already…
Doctors Predict Full Recovery For Sen. Chris Murphy After Hemorrhagic Stroke Diagnosis
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy faces several weeks of rehabilitation after medical staff at The Johns Hopkins Hospital confirmed he suffered a small hemorrhagic stroke. Dr. Jose Suarez, chief of neurosciences critical care at the Baltimore facility, offered an optimistic prognosis for the 53-year-old Democrat following his six-day admission. “Senator Murphy experienced a small hemorrhagic stroke,”…
Six Counselors, 5,000 Sailors: USS Abraham Lincoln’s Mental Health Crisis Comes Into Focus
One mental health specialist for roughly every 833 sailors: that was the ratio aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during a deployment that stretched to 255 days. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed that eight crew members attempted suicide by jumping overboard during that grueling stretch at sea. Among them was 19-year-old Navy airman Nicholas McKelvey,…
Senate Math Reveals Why A GOP Election Loss Could Genuinely Loosen Trump’s Congressional Grip
Two-thirds of sitting Republican senators will not face voters until 2030 or 2032, well after Donald Trump has left the White House, a structural reality that could accelerate his political decline if Republicans suffer major losses Tuesday. That arithmetic stands in sharp contrast to every House Republican, all of whom will seek reelection while Trump…
$750,000 Digital Ad Buy Puts South Carolina Senate Race On the Competitive Map
Democrats are pouring money into a state they have long written off, signaling that an unexpected Senate race is drawing serious national attention. Senate Majority PAC, the primary campaign arm for Senate Democrats in the midterms, is committing $750,000 to digital advertising in South Carolina, a first for the organization in the deep-red state. The…
Senate Majority PAC Bets $750,000 On A South Carolina Tie That Defies Modern Political History
A new poll showing a dead heat in one of America’s most reliably Republican states has rattled the final stretch of a Senate race few expected to matter. The New York Times/Siena poll put Democrat Annie Andrews and Republican incumbent interim Sen. Darline Graham each at 48%, a figure that has drawn sudden national attention…
Over $5 Billion In Unreported Suspicious Transactions Drives Warren Push For Criminal Probe Of Bank Of America (BAC)
More than $5 billion in suspicious transactions went unreported on time at Bank of America (BAC), with over $1 billion tied to national security concerns, federal regulators have determined. Among the most alarming findings, some of that activity pointed to possible China-linked money laundering networks and financial flows connected to the U.S. southwest border. Those…
Elon Musk Pours Another $76 Million Into Republican Causes, Pushing Total To $442 Million
Elon Musk has contributed an additional $76 million to Republican efforts in the first two weeks of October, pushing his total political giving this cycle past $442 million. The funds were directed to his super PAC, America PAC, cementing the group’s status as one of the largest super PACs operating in the current election cycle….
